Pharrell Williams Quotes

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

My goal is to omit everything superfluous so that the essential is shown to best possible advantage.

I try not to bring in anything I don't love looking at. It's about restaint ... There is something about an unfinished quality that leaves within you that sense of possibility.

In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

Simplicity!

Simple goes a long way.

I pick simple beats because I need space for me to work.

I think the best thing is to keep your life simple.

I always like to talk about how important space is. Art is in the spaces. Anybody can sing a note; it takes an artist to sing the spaces. Anybody can paint a brushstroke; it takes an artist to know when not to put the brushstroke.

I think the best answer is as little as possible.

I really don't understand minimalism. It is so polite and boring. If you don't want anyone to notice you, you should stay home and grow your own vegetables.

What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else.

I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the yes. I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us.

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

I've always believed that you often need less. You don't need to hear why people are friends, you don't need to hear why people are roommates, you don't need to hear why someone would help a friend to do something.

I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.